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Research Director

Hideo Hosono

(Professor, Laboratory for Materials and Structures, Institute of Innovative Research, Director, Materials Research Center for Element Strategy, Tokyo Institute of Technology)

1982　Ph.D. from Tokyo Metropolitan University
1999-present　Professor, Laboratory for Materials and Structures, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology
2012-present　Director, Materials Research Center for Element Strategy, Tokyo Institute of Technology

URL：http://www.mces.titech.ac.jp/en/index.html

Program Manager

Toshiharu Yokoyama

(ACCEL Program Manager, Japan Science and Technology Agency)

2005　Ph.D. The University of Tokyo
2011　Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
2013　ACCEL Program Manager, JST
2014　Visiting Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology

R&D Term

2013 Oct - 2018 Mar

Outline of R&D Project

The electride is a unique material in which electrons act as anions; the electride, however, has long been considered too unstable for practical purposes. The new material C12A7 (12CaO·7Al₂O₃) electride, developed by HOSONO’s earlier ERATO, ERATO SORST and FIRST projects, has the major advantages of being chemically and thermally stable, and able to emit electrons easily. In ACCEL, we plan to apply this unique material to practical uses, such as high-functional catalyst, electronic materials, and so on.